Monday, September 30, 2013

For the last 3 weeks i had been overwhelming by a big house cleaning, i've thrown away all of the stuff that we no longer need and some of the stuffs that still in a good condition, i will give it to charity. It's a real hard work, because altough its been three weeks already. It's still not done yet. But, it feels sooo good once you saw the room, drawer, closet become neat and prettier. It is so easy to find things now. Make me so happy with the results. The room look brighter too..and once its done, i can move to decorating part. Which will be a very fun and exciting progress.

So, i want to share what i browse in beautiful mess blog. I saw a reference near my dream house. Its childlike, pretty, artsy, unique and lots of fun things. It's Sherri Bemis's house. Let's take a peek..

"I grew up just a stones throw away from what would become my future home! My parents house that we moved into when I was 15 is only a couple of blocks from mine and Max's 'Pink Palace'.We jokingly call it that, as the house was built in the 1930s and has a slight 'dollhouse' vibe. When we bought it, it desperately needed to be painted and luckily, I have a very easy-going husband, who was more than happy to let me play out my childhood dream of living in a pink house (my favorite color)! So we painted it a beautiful pale pink."

"Max and I are avid readers, and he also has a fantastic comic book collection. So we built out the second living room in the house to be a library! I'm working on finishing up free-hand paintings on the sides of all the shelves."

"One of my favorite finds is a simple wooden dresser that was super shabby. I painted it for my daughters nursery, while I was pregnant with her. It's cherry red with gold stripes and whimsical bumble bees now, and somehow I just knew it would fit her personality—it totally does! I love redoing old pieces and making them our own."

"Max basically lets me have free reign on the decorating, which is almost like walking into my brain when you walk through the door. It's quirky, whimsical, childlike and a bit cluttered but also romantic! Haha. It's always evolving too. My rule is simple: Don't decorate with anything you don't absolutely love. I also wanted to create a world that was fun for kids to grow up in. So the furniture is to be jumped on, the 'things' are to be touched."

"It's been a little over two years. And since the house was a sort of fixer-upper, we spent a lot of time redoing the boring things first: plumbing, electricity ect. But once we started getting settled in, it's just become our evolving project—always changing and tweaking things to make them feel or look better."

"I live in my dream home. To some it may be just another old house, with creaks and drafts, oddly placed closets or cabinets. But to us it's perfect. It's our 'Pink Palace'."

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

If sushi is one of your favourite craving..the good news is you can make it yourself at home..With your favourite ingredients. You can use anything that you want or if you only have a few ingredients at home, you can make it too..for example: eggs, cucumber, mince, etc.. and it is super easy and delicious.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Hello everyone, so happy im here again. This past two days i've been so busy cleaning and reorganizing my house..Well its not done yet, still in progress but im so happy that i can make my family feel better at home and its starting to get more and more comfortable because it's really make a huge impact in daily life.

Today im gonna make pancake from scratch. The good thing is, we can really control the pancake we want to by making it from scratch. I follow this tutorial and its really easy and fun to make. But, i think this recipe is only for 1-2 people. You can double or triple the ingredients if you want to make for a bunch of people.

and melted butter. Please dont mixed everything to well, just mixed it a bit (this is the thing that i got from different tutorial) because when you over mixed it..the pancake will become tough and nobody love tough pancake. You want the pancake to be all fluffy.

Leave the pancake for 5-10 minutes and heat the pan. You can use non stick frying pan or if you dont have it, you can use butter/ margarine so the pancake wont stick.

Pour the mixture

If the bubbles appear, you can flip the pancake

Love it

Place a butter and pour maple syrup or honey. You can eat it with your favourite food, jam, or ice cream too. Even with egg and sausage would be nice :D

Monday, September 16, 2013

Now its time for a traditional sauce..Sambal terasi or also known as shrimp chili sauce is a really delicious and exotic sauce for dipping and eat together with chicken, sayur asem, fried rice and the list go on and on. I can feel my mouth is watering right now..Better if we started!

Ingredients :

4 garlic cloves

8 red onion cloves

1 tomato

2 tbs shrimp paste (i use to different brand)

12 red chili

10 birds eye chili (cabe rawit)

1 lime

1 tsp cooking oil

3tbs sugar

1.5 tbs salt

Prepare the ingredients

I will use "ulekan" in indonesian language or you can use a food processor/ mixer for the process